Philip Kohlmeier (He/His)

Assistant Professor

Philip is a behavioral biologist interested in understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate behavior and in answering how natural selection favored their emergence. For this, he applies an interdisciplinary skill set that ranges from RNA-sequencing and neurogenetics to behavioral experiments and phylogenetic modelling.

Curriculum Vitae

Bloo Mitchell (They/Them)

Graduate Student

Bloo completed an undergraduate degree in biology with a concentration in environmental sciences at Dalton State College. There they used macroinvertebrate communities to assess water quality in the Conasauga River watershed and now work on the mechanisms and evolution of maternal effects in flies.

Anna M Foreman

Undergraduate student

Anna is double majoring in Biology and Behavioral Neuroscience psychology and is currently working on the impact of Juvenile Hormone on behavior and reproductive physiology in solitary bees.

Jalen D Dunn

Undergraduate student

Jalen is a undergraduate Biology major who works on the social regulation of foraging preferences in ants.

Alixandria S Kirkendol

Undergraduate student

Alix is a biology major and studying the neuro- and epigenetic mechanisms that regulate adaptive maternal effects in fruit flies.

Mira Umarova

Undergraduate student

Mira is a biology major and studies the neuro- and epigenetic mechanisms that regulate adaptive maternal effects in fruit flies.